as in donald trump. self-styled real estate tycoon, tv host and on-again, off-again presidential candidate. we americans are used to his inflated ego, his bombast and bravado, but when trump swept into scotland and announced his intention to build the most lavish, greatest golf course and resort in the world, many politicians and business leaders began dancing a highland fling in greedy anticipation of trump's promises and his fabled midas touch-his past bankruptcy filings to the contrary. environmental scientists warned that the sandy dunes across which trump intended to extend his empire are a vital, but delicate ecosystem as unique as the amazon rainforest. once the 4,000 year-old dunes are violated, chances are they're gone forever. >> multi-million pound golf resort in aberdeenshire is rejected. >> local authorities turned down trump's grandiose proposal but were overruled by the national scottish government, which bought trump's propaganda hook, line, and sinker. >> the scottish government have call

lie, andinr. >> e sctish government have called in the controversial planning application -- donald trump's plans for a one billion pound golf development in aberdeenshire will go ahead. >> officials took him at his word when trump said the project would result in an estimated 6,000 new jobs. so far, fewer than 200 have been created. and as the donald began digging, some of the locals refused to sell him their land, much to his annoyance. they failed to take his customary "you're fired!" as an order. anthat how the filmmak and journalist anthony baxter became part of this story. anthony baxter, welcome. >> thank you. >> how did you come upon this story? >> well i live very near to it. i live in a town called montrose which is about 40 miles south. and when i heard about this story, i was very struck by the fact that the local newspapers were just reporting that this was going to be a fantastic economic benefit for the area. but nobody seemed to be investigating the very real environmental impact this development was going to have. and that struck me as really worrying because theeal questio

the winner gets flown to new york for dinner with mitt romney and donald trump. he is clearly more than a run-of-the-mill supporter. could his support cause the romney campaign votes? polling shows what a trump endorsement would make one in four voters less likely to vote for romney. the governor said he needs 50.1% support to win and happy to have the help of, quote, a lot of good people. back to the remarks we mentioned at the top. he was talking about president obama's lack of business experience. listen. >> sometimes i just don't think he understands what it takes to help people. i know he wants to help, but he doesn't know what he's got to do. i was speaking with a business owner who own a couple of restaurants in town. and he said, you know, i would like to change the constitution and i'm not sure i can do it. but i would like a provision in the constitution, that in addition to the age of the president and the citizenship of the president and the birth place of the president being set by the constitution, i would like it also to say that the president has t

donald trump is really good at promoting donald trump.se doing anything here. and the media love him. he is funny, kooky, he brings headlines. but mitt romney wants the republicans to be seen as the responsible party that will help save the economy bring the country back, and i don't know, it seems mitt romney is the last guy in the world who wants the side shows -- >> bill: what do you think mitt romney wants the nation to see about him? because those of us who do this day in and day out and have been doing so for the last couple of years think that everybody knows everything there is to know about all of the candidates that is not really true of mitt romney is it? >> i think his style makes it hard to get to know him at least through the media. a great segment for us to promote our own story in political, we did have a sitdown with mitt romney. and it was probably published today. they did it in ohio but they publish it today in "politico" and in partnership with the "tampa bay times," but he said a lot of people don't like me i am what

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embraced america's number one birther donald trump. report after report showing there's nothing to the birther's story, mr. trump is not backing down. the romney campaign hasn't backed away from mr. trump since this controversy erupted several months ago. >> nothing's changed my mind. by the way, you know, you have a huge group of people. i walk down the street and people are screaming please don't give that up. look, a publisher came out last week and had a statement about obama given to them by obama when he was doing a book as a young man a number of years ago in the 90s, born in kenya and raised in indonesia. i mean, this was a statement, this was from obama. >> that's not true. the publisher says it was only a typo. for the record, president obama has produced both a short and long-form birth certificate showing he was born in hawaii. he made the long form version public. when we sent gary tuchman to hawaii, he found plenty of evidence the president was born there but no sign of mr. trump's investigators. i asked him, donald trump,

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donald trump!greta: donald trump honored by the republican party of sarasota county, florida, but did the stormy weather force trump to change his convention plans? we caught up with trump in sarasota. >> first let's talk about the weather. hurricane, tropical storm isaac. what political impact do you think that will have on this convention? >> i don't think it's going to have an impact. it does miss one day. i was a big part of monday. i just got here and find out monday was canceled. i don't think it's going to have a huge impact. i think the message is going to get out. the message is going to be a message of jobs. it's about jobs. mitt romney is and was a very, very successful person. he knows business. he knows jobs. he knows how to put people to work. you look at our unemployment, it's not 8.3%. it's probably 20% or 21%. 8.3% is fiction. minimum 15% or 16%. mitt romney will put people back to work. >> what's the takeaway romney needs to leave here to the 30 million-plus maybe taking a first l

donald trump, birther in chief. romney held a las vegas fund-raiser with trump in may at a time when trump was raising this birther issue like never before across the country. >> they make these birthers into the worst. why doesn't he show his birth certificate? >> i want him to show his birth certificate? >> why? >> there's something on there that he doesn't like. >> you have to be born in the country. there's no birth certificate, only a certificate of live birth. >> you ask about a birth certificate. how come there are no records that his mother was in the hospital. >> you have a certificate of live birth, that's not a birth certificate. >> that was trump's issue all along. romney's campaign was offering donors a chance to dine with the donald. when asked about the issue, his adviser said this. >> i can't speak for donald trump, gloria, but i can stelyou that mitt romney accepts that president obama was born in the united states. he doesn't view the place of his birth as an issue in this campaign. >> a few months

>> he has. >> you think he spoke to donald trump?y made it clear that he disagrees with the emphasis on the issue. he believes that the reason that we need to beat president obama in november is because he hasn't done enough to fix the american economy. every time they had an event he talked about what it is that he would do to fix it. >> does he have an obligation to say something to donald trump? >> he sent a message time and time again that the focus of this campaign has to be the economy. >> you were saying it doesn't matter what they said. when hillary rosen, a supporter of president obama who visited the white house said something about ann romney. they were quick to distance themselves from her and a lot of conservatives jumped on her as speaking for the candidate. isn't it fair then for democrats to do the same as what donald trump is saying? >> i think all the scrutiny is fair. the difference is that crystallized the debate about the economy and women's role in the workplace. the different visions that each party has for the

that leaves us donald trump and sarah palin. the donald has allegedly declined a speaking slot. if palin's involved. but let's keep hoping. >> i don't want to bring up a very successful show called "the apprentice". >> she is not j

that leaves us donald trump and sarah palin. the donald has allegedly declined a speaking slot. if palin's involved. but let's keep hoping. >> i don't want to bring up a very successful show called "the apprentice". >> she is not just a momma grizzly, she's a momma grizzly who's probably packing. >> they're hopping in and joining the jacuzzi. >> i'm really honored and i'm really proud that i was able to do something that nobody else could do. >> whoever is speaking at the convention, i'm sure they'll leave many of us speechless. thanks for watching. i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >>> obama takes the lead. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm michael smerconish. chris matthews is off tonight. it's been true that the election is this close. it will be nip and tuck until november. that election day may turn into a long election night. all that may turn out to be true. over the past few days, three major polls not tracking polls, have shown president obama with a lead of between seven and nine points. and one sure sign the romney campaign believes the polls me

they don't think it's authentic. >> right after donald trump said that, mitt romney appeared with donaldser in las vegas, right alongside him, both there in person. yeah. asked how he could be doing a fund-raiser with this guy pushing the birth certificate thing, which mr. romney said is totally nothing he believed in, he offered a explanation of why he was doing the fund-raiser, a mathematical explanation. >> i don't agree with all of the people who support me and my guess is they don't believe everything i believe in, but i need to get 50.1% or more and i'm appreciative to get the help of a lot of good people. >> that's why he was doing the trump thing with the birther thing. mitt romney had done the math, not hard math, but he needs 50.1% of the vote. the new poll shows mitt romney with zero percent of the african-american electorate. the romney/ryan electorate trailed by not even sure what you can call a margin, 94% to 0%. he is losing badly among latino voters. by a 35-point margin which is almost exactly the margin that mccain and palin lost the latino vote when they lost to barack

especially and having that dinner, that high dollar dinner in vegas even though donald trump was going on rants both on camera, off camera, on twitter, at any corner in new york that somebody would listen to him regarding this whole notion of him being a birther. >> i don't think there is any question donald trump is no asset to mitt romney and i think most people understand that except for maybe mitt romney who constantly seems to be bending over backwards to appease donald trump. i think the big problem that mitt romney has got heading into the convention next week is now we're going on two weeks of him being completely off message. it actually began with the selection of paul ryan, which should have helped him but it took him off the economy and put them in a defensive posture on medicare. the todd akin controversy followed very quickly by the republican platform putting in very strident antichoice language. and now this. if he -- he's got to figure out how to get back on message and they seem to be doing everything they can to avoid it. >> let me bring garret back in getting

. >> greta: donald trump has big news. and it's a shocker. so what is donald trump's big surprise. it has too with the republican national convention in tampa bay. a local business is featured in a presidential campaign ad. isn't that good publicity isn't business owner says, no. and she's not happy with president obama. she is here to tell you what she wants the president to do. and small business owners from coast to coast are hoping mad. you guessed it. >> somebody helped to create this unbelievable american system that we have that allowed to you thrive. somebody invested in roads and bridges. if you have a business, that -- you didn't build that. somebody else made that happen. >> greta: president obama insists he was stalking about building roads and bridges, but one small business owner isn't buying it. posting this sign in his store window, his defiant message is grabbing lots of attention. some are applauding him and others are yelling at home him and even hitting him. >> how are you? >> greta: i'm very well. obviously, the president's statement hit a nerve with you. did i

donald trump, kris kobach, joe arpaio. so he's not just saying something or letting things go, he has put some of the most birthers around him. >> it's about changing the rules. the rule in a presidential election is in the primaries you pander. you pick up, shore up your base. then in the general election you pivot. we are a few days from the start of the republican national convention in tampa. this should be pivot time, coming back to the middling with moderate time. this should be about getting the independent voters. they instead decided go all in on pander. the next four days are going to be pander. they have put forth a platform that is mean spirited, that is small. that attacks women's rights. you've got showing up today saying i'm staying in. going all in on birtherism. they decided they're going all in. >> but dana, whether he wanted to do this or not, is there a political point here to be made? will this rile up his base or play to some of his far right base that will be in tampa with him? >> it may bring out so

. >> donald trump reporting he has been tapped to do something very, very major. at the republican national convention at the end of this month. should we also look forward to hearing some time soon about the very, very major roll that she'll play at the rnc. he's exciting. primetime speech? that's the kind of enthusiasm mr. romney is looking for in bringing the primaries back in time for the convention. of course, he's also looking for ways to turn the conversation of the country away from the fact he will not release his tax returns and it turns out this donald trump person is not only very exciting, he has a great idea on the tax returns thing. >> what governor romney should do in my opinion, and he's a very different person and he's got a different attitude, and i understand that, is say i will give my tax returns if you open up your records. because as you know president obama spent over $4 million trying to hide so many different things from his past. whether it's college applications, college records, passport records, and you know, nobody brings this up. n

we will send your best to donald trump. he co-chaired the president's debt commission, so what does simpson think of what the congressman said? we will find out at 8:00 on fox business network. do you remember this? >> governor romney likes to tout his private company experience but they have been pioneers of outsourcing. >> they made a great deal of money facilitating the outsourcing. >> the main goal is to create wealth for themselves and their investors. >> they made a lot of money but in the process they devastated, they devastated whole american communities. >>neil: fair enough. but is that fair? the president and vice president hounding private equity firms and the white house was using another we firm regarding outsourcing on gas. and someone tried to rescue a philadelphia-based oil refiner, and carlisle agreed to take part of the refinery and invest $200 million, nothing wrong with that, necessarily, but we will see if it bears fruit, but our guest see as double standard what do you see? >>guest: for months and mont

we've had donald trump, sheriff joe arpaio, really?re the leaders of the republican party today. it's extremism. let me be clear. i'm a democrat. democrats have extremists, as well. you have extremists on the left and extremists on the right, i call them foamers, they foam at the mouth they believe it so much. much of the country is slap dab in the middle and they move this way or that way, but the foamers on each side. here's the problem, the foamers on the right are so much more vicious than the foamers on the left that it blows my mind just the concentration of their hatred for a man who, by the way, ari just mentioned the color of the president's skin. the president of the united states is, indeed, an african-american, he's a black american. he's also a white american. i hate to break the news to america, his mother was whiter than me and i haven't been in the sun in two years. >> it fries the circuit of the objective press and the d.c. press that only wants to keep score because they have to find something that democrats have done